Apr 09, 2015 - Sale 2379
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Sale 2379 - Lot 197

Price Realized: $ 531
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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
GLAUBER, JOHANN RUDOLPH. Pharmacopoea Spagyrica . . . Pars Prima[-Septima]. 2 folding engraved plates in part 5. 76, [4]; 128; 48; 76, [4]; 75, [1] (of [5]); 92, [4]; 87 pages, including 6 (of 8) integral blanks. 7 parts in one volume. 8vo, 146x85 mm, modern vellum boards; margins trimmed entering some headlines, occasional toning, scattered minor foxing. Bound in are an early owner's manuscript tables of contents for all but parts 3 and 5. Amsterdam: Joannes Janssonius, 1654-68
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first edition in latin of Glauber's collection of medical preparations; nearly complete set, lacking only the 2 supplements. "Frequently manifest in his choice of materials was the time-honored assumption that unpleasant substances yield the best medicines. He therefore praised the virtues of excrements and gave recipes using worms, beetles, and venomous toads. The final sections of the Pharmacopoea show Glauber's immersion in esoteric alchemy in later life"--DSB V, 420-21. Dünnhaupt, Glauber 10.II; Heirs of Hippocrates 484 (parts 1-3); Krivatsy 4804 (parts 1-5); Waller 3577.